Car-fender



2 Sheets Sheet l.

F. SPRIGK.

GAR FENDER.

(No Model.)

TH: cams Perma co. PHOTO-umn., wAsHIRaTaN. n.41.

(No Model.)

2 Sheets-#Sheet 2.v P. SPRICK. GAR FENDER.

No. 533,565. Patented Feb. 5, 1895.

||||||||||||||| xullnllaIL FIG] g INVENTOR;

FRIEDRICH SPRICK;

v BY /f A ATT'Y.

UNITED STATES PATENT @Enron0 FRIEDRICH SPRICK, 0E WEST HOBOIIEN, NEVET JERSEY.

mne-r-'ENnER-V SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 533,565, dated February 5, 1 895.

Application filed September 10, 18 94. Serial No. 522,532. (No model.)

To all! whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRIEDRICH SPRICK, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at West Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar- Fenders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has for its object to provide an adjustable fender for street cars, such as electric or cable cars, which projects in front of the dash board of the car and is capable of a backwardly sliding movement, when coming in contact with an obstruction on the track, and a further object of the invention is to provide a fender, the basket or catch-portion of which is detachably con nected with the fixed frame portion secured beneath the platforms, whereby said basket can be connected with the car at either end thereof.

The invention therefore consists in the novel form of fender herein shown and described, and also in certain novel arrangements and combinations of parts to be hereinafter fully described and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying sheets ot' drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

In said drawings, Figure l is a side View of a car provided with a fender embodying the principles of my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section, taken on line to in Fig. 1, illustrating the arrangement of Stringer pieces connected with the car body, and showing, in plan view, the arrangement of my. novel fender operatively connected therewith. Fig. 3 is a front view of a padded frame connected with the fender, adapted to be brought in front of the dash board of the car. Figs. 4

the device.

on line y in Fig. 2, and Fig. 7 is a similar section, taken 0n line z in the same figure.

In the drawings, A represent-s the body of a car; A', the platforms; A2, the dash boards, and A3 the steps.

The fender of the car is arranged partly underneath and partly in front of the platform, as illustrated in Fig. l, and is slightly downwardly inclined and capable of a backwardly or longitudinally sliding movement on fixed frames, one of which is secured underneath each platform of the car, as shown. Said fixed frames consist essentially of the side bars b, pivoted at their rear ends, preferably by eye-bolts c, to the cross beam a secured to the Stringer pieces a of the car body, as shown, or said side bars may be secured to said cross bar a in any other well known manner.

Each side bar b is provided at or near its forward end with a perforated enlargement b in which is arranged a supporting bolt d. The screw-threaded portion d of each of said bolts d, of which there is one in each bar b, project through openings in suitable brackets f, see Fig. l, and are adjustably connected with and heldin said brackets by nuts cl2 and d3, while the nut or head d4 of the boltsupports the free end of the side bar Z), with which it is connected. At the extreme free end of each side bar h is an eye or loop b2 forming bearings for the turning bar b3, provided with the grooved wheels or rollers b4.

The fender frame, which consists, essentially, of the bent frame e, formed substantially as shown, and provided with short projections or fingers e', is detachably connected, by means of thu rnb-nutsg and g', or othersimilar devices, to the backwardly extending rods e2 and e3, which are secured at the back to a weight h. Secured to said weight is a plate h from which extends a rod h2, which projects througha pivot blcckz" in aslidingbearingz'in the cross beam a', and operates in the manner to be described more fully hereinafter. Between said pivot block z" and the plate 7i', encircling said rod h2, is a coiled spring h3. The weight h acts with suicient pressure when the frame work of the fender is placed upon the wheels or rollers b4, that the fender will be balanced, and the front portion of the fen- ICO der extends slightly above the surface of the ground. Connected with the under sides of said rods e2 and e3 are suitable U -shaped straps e4 which pass beneath thesaid Wheels or rollers, to prevent the fender frame from being displaced from its balanced position on said wheels, but still permitting a slightly backward or longitudinal movement of the fender. The fender e is provided at the front with a connecting piece e5 having secured thereto a rubber or other flexible guard e6.

Arranged in suitable bearings e7, may be a cross rod e8 provided with Wheels or rollers e9, which come in contact with the ground, when the fender meets an obstruction and hold said connecting piece slightly above the surface of the ground to prevent injury to the fender frame.

By means of the adjusting bolts d, the fixed side bars b can be suitably raised or lowered and the fender frame e adjusted to meet the necessary requirements.

When the fender frame e meets an obstruction, the fender immediately receives a back- Wardly sliding movement. At the same time, a roller or Wheel h5 in a groove h in said Weight h, is forced up on an incline j in a support j connected with the cross beam a', thereby causing the forward portion of the fender frame to be lowered and bringing the Wheels or rollers eg down upon the ground. The coiled spring h3 takes up the shock and the backwardly moving rod h2 causes the bearing t' to move or slide upwardly in the guideblock k. Said block is provided with suitable iianges 7c which tit into recessed portions a2 in the cross beam a and are secu red therein by bolts a3, substantially as illustrated in Figs. et and 5.

The bearing/tl is provided with -shaped slides 112 adapted to move in correspondingly shaped guides 7a2 in the block 7c and the pivot block t', provided With the perforation t3 through Which the rod h2 extends, is pivotally connected with the sliding bearing t' by suitable pins 114 which extend into and turn in openings in said bearing t', as clearly shown in said Figs. 4. and 5. Thus it Will be seen, that the fender frame is capable of a back- Wardly sliding motion to lessen the shock when suddenly coming in contact with an obstruction on the track, and the fender being balanced on the wheels b4, is also capable of being automatically lowered at the front to catch the obstruction in the nettingl connected With the frame e. Said frame is slightly raised at the back, as at @10, and maybe provided With connecting braces e11 to which the netting is fastened, thereby forming a scoop or basket, as shown in Figs. l and 2.

Pivotally connected with a cross piece or rod cl2 of the frame e is a Wire frame m provided with clamps m for detachably connecting said framel to the dash board of the car, as illustrated in Fig. 3. Said frame is suitably padded, as shown, which prevents a person from coming in contact with the bumper or the coupling pin of the car, and is provided at m2 with the bent portionof the frame to permit the use of the usual head -light at night. The said thumb pieces g and g', mentioned herein-above, areprovided with oppositely extending ears or lugs g2, by means of which said thumb pieces can be readilyturned, and the screwthreads Within said thumb pieces and on the connecting frame-portions of the fender, being right and left, the basket or catch portion of the fender can be quickly detached from the frame Work fixed underneath the one platform of the car, and can be readily connected with the similarly arranged frame work secured beneath the other platform of the car. Thereby, any two cars can be coupled together, when necessary, and only one basket or catch-portion being required, the construction of my novel form of fender is greatly simplified and the costof construction reduced.

To remove the catch-portion, the cushioned or padded frame m is disconnected at the top from the dash board and folded down upon the frame e, as Will be understood from an inspection of Firsts.` l, 2 and 3.

It will be understood that the special construction andarrangements and combinations of parts herein shown, are given only to illustrate one practical embodiment of the invention, and hence I do not Wish to be understood as limiting myself to the exact details of construction herein showrnas the same may be varied in practice, Without departing from the scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is-\ i 1. In a fender for cars, the combination, of a frame underneath the platform, comprising therein side bars, as b, and a cross piece having rollers thereon, of a fender frame balanced on said rollers and movable longitudinally of the car, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

2. In a fender for cars, the combination, of a frame underneath the platform, comprising therein side bars, as b, and a cross piece having rollers thereon, of a fender frame Weighted at one end and balanced on said rollers and movable longitudinally of the car, a springactuated rod connected With the Weighted end of the fender, and asliding bearing for said rod, connected withthe frame Work of the car, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a fender for cars, the combination, of a frameunder-neath the platform, comprising therein side bars, as b, and a cross piece having rollers thereon, of a fenderframe Weighted at one end, comprising therein a slotted Weight h, a roller in said slot, movable on'an incline `connected with they frame work of the car, a spring-actuated rod connected with said Weight h, and a sliding bearing for said rod, connected with the frame Work of the car, ubstantially as land for the purposes set Orth.

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4. In a fender for cars, the combination, of a frame underneaththe platform, comprising therein side bars, as b, and a cross piece having rollers thereon, of a fender frame Weighted at one end and balanced on said rollers and movable longitudinally of the car, a springactuated rod connected with the weighted end of the fender, and a sliding bearing for said rod, consisting, essentially, of a sliding bearing t', a block la, and a perforated pivot block t', substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. In a fender for cars, the combination, of a frame underneath the platform, comprising therein, pivotally arranged and vertically adj ustable side bars, and a cross piece having rollers thereon, of a fender frame balanced on said rollers and inovablelongitudinally of the car, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

G. In a fender forcars, the combination, of a frame underneath the platform, comprising therein, pivotally arranged and vertically adjustable side bars, as b, adjusting bolts tl connected with said side bars and with brackets secured to the platform of the car, and a cross piece having rollers, of a fender frame balanced on said rollers andniovable longitudinally of the car, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

7. In a fender for cars, the combination, of a frame underneath the platform, comprising therein, pivotally arranged and vertically adeinstable side bars, as b, adjusting bolts d. connected with said side bars and with brackets secured to the platform of the car, and a cross piece having rollers, of a fender frame balanced on said rollers and movable longitudinally of the car, a Weight h connected with said frame, a spring-actuated rod connected with said Weight, and a sliding bearing for said rod, connected with the frame Work of the car, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

8. In a fender for cars, the combination, of a frame underneath the platform, comprising therein, pivotally arranged and vertically adjustable side bars, as b, adj usting bolts d counected with said side bars and with brackets secured to the platform of the car, and a cross piece having rollers, of a fender frame balanced on said rollers and movable longitudinally of the car, a weight h connected with said frame, a spring-actuated rod connected With said weight, and a sliding bearing for said rod, connected With the frame Work of the car, consisting, essentially, of a sliding bearing t', a block 7o, and a perforated pivot block t', substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

9. In a fender for cars, the combination, of a frame underneath the platform, a fender frame rigidlyzand detachably connectedtherewith, and a padded frame, as m, hinged to said fender frame and adapted to be arranged in front of the dash board of the car, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

l0. The herein described fender for cars, comprising therein, side bars, as Z3, pivotally and adjustably connected underneath the platform of the car with the frame Worl; thereof, a bar bi having rollers b4, rods e2 and e3 arranged on said rollers, a Weight connected with said rods, and a fender frame e, having fingers or projections e', and devices g and g for detachably connecting said frame e With the rods e2 and e3, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

11. The herein described fender for cars, comprising therein, side bars, as l?, pivotally and adjustably connected underneath the platform of the car with the frame Werl; thereof, a bar b3 having rollers Z2, rods e2 and e3 arranged on said rollers, a Weight connected with said rods, and a fender frame e, having lingers or projections e', and devices g and g for detachably connecting said frame e with the rods c2 and e, a cross rod es near the front of said frame e having rollers thereon, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

12. The herein described fender for cars, comprising therein, side bars, as b, pivotally and adj ustably connected underneath the platform of the car with the frame Work thereof, a bar b3 having rollers b4, rods e2 and e3 arranged on said rollers, a Weight connected with said rods, and a fender frame e, having fingers or projections e', and devices g and g for detachably connecting said frame e with the rods e2 and e3, and a padded frame, as m, hinged to said frame e, adapted to be arranged in front of the dash board of the car, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of September, 1894-.

FRIEDRICH ,SPRICIL Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, WM. H. CAMFIELD, .I r.

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